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Georgia: Class Struggle

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Posted on 28 January 2010 by Khanim Javadova

In a Georgian village school, Azeri and Armenian students study in peace but share a common problem – poverty. A TOL podcast.

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Romania: Village Kindergartens Struggle to Survive

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Posted on 14 January 2010 by Claudia Ciobanu

Romania’s rural schools are suffering from underfunding, neglect, and the government’s budget priorities.

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Serbia: On Edge

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Posted on 22 December 2009 by Igor Jovanovic

Serbia’s new education law sparks fears of massive teacher layoffs in the near future.

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Georgia: Whose Facts?

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Posted on 16 December 2009 by Olesya Vartanyan

Tbilisi blocks books that teach an Armenia-centric version of history in a border area.

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Armenia: School for Scandal

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Posted on 01 December 2009 by Onnik Krikorian

Alleged abuse at an Armenian school for the disabled led to a criminal probe – of the young activist who blew the whistle.

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Improving Coverage of Education Issues 2009

Posted on 09 November 2009 by Chalkboard

Articles written by this year’s trainees of the Improving Coverage of Education distance course and workshop in Prague.

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Armenia: Reluctant Reformers

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Posted on 06 November 2009 by Anush Babajanyan

In the midst of an overhaul of Armenia’s education system, some teachers are finding it hard to adjust.

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Russia: Student Government with a Capital G

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Posted on 13 August 2009 by Natalia Lazareva

A Moscow program allows university students to shadow city officials and come up with their own solutions to urban problems.

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Call for Papers

As part of the Advancing Educational Inclusion and Quality in South East Europe Initiative the Education Support Program of the Open Society Institute (OSI) announces a competition open to individuals on the elaboration of research papers using the statistical data collected as part of the 2009 Cross-National Survey of Parents in South East Europe (SEE) countries. Proposals are invited primarily from graduate students and early career researchers.

Application deadline: February 20th 2010.